Colonel Gracie, a first-class passenger, helped load lifeboats on the port side, went down with the ship and survived the night on an overturned collapsible boat. His account covers the last day aboard, the collision, the foundering and the struggle in the icy water, and assembles testimony on how the boats on each side were filled.
Gracie died months after finishing it, and his book became a key witness to that night. Download the free EPUB.